The Meaning of Jeremiah 6:6 Explained

Jeremiah 6:6

KJV: For thus hath the LORD of hosts said, Hew ye down trees, and cast a mount against Jerusalem: this is the city to be visited; she is wholly oppression in the midst of her.

YLT: For thus said Jehovah of Hosts: Cut down her wood, And pour out against Jerusalem a mount, She is the city to be inspected, Wholly -- she is oppression in her midst.

Darby: For thus hath Jehovah of hosts said: Hew ye down trees, and cast a mound against Jerusalem. She is the city to be visited; she is wholly oppression in the midst of her.

ASV: For thus hath Jehovah of hosts said, Hew ye down trees, and cast up a mound against Jerusalem: this is the city to be visited; she is wholly oppression in the midst of her.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

For thus hath the LORD  of hosts  said,  Hew ye down  trees,  and cast  a mount  against Jerusalem:  this [is] the city  to be visited;  she [is] wholly oppression  in the midst  of her. 

What does Jeremiah 6:6 Mean?

Verse Meaning

In attacking Jerusalem, the enemy soldiers would be responding to the instructions of Yahweh of armies for them to: cut down the trees around the city, with which to make implements of war, and to lay siege. Jerusalem was due for punishment because its people were responsible for so much social oppression.

Chapter Summary: Jeremiah 6

1  The enemies sent against Judah,
4  encourage themselves
6  God sets them on work because of their sins
9  The prophet laments the judgments of God because of their sins
18  He proclaims God's wrath
26  He calls the people to mourn for the judgment on their sins

What do the individual words in Jeremiah 6:6 mean?

For thus has said Yahweh of hosts Cut down trees and build against Jerusalem A mound that [is] the city to be punished she [is] full of oppression in her midst
כִּ֣י כֹ֤ה אָמַר֙ יְהוָ֣ה צְבָא֔וֹת כִּרְת֣וּ עֵצָ֔ה וְשִׁפְכ֥וּ עַל־ יְרוּשָׁלִַ֖ם סֹלְלָ֑ה הִ֚יא הָעִ֣יר הָפְקַ֔ד כֻּלָּ֖הּ עֹ֥שֶׁק בְּקִרְבָּֽהּ

כֹ֤ה  thus 
Parse: Adverb
Root: כֹּה  
Sense: thus, here, in this manner.
אָמַר֙  has  said 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person masculine singular
Root: אָמַר 
Sense: to say, speak, utter.
יְהוָ֣ה  Yahweh 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יהוה 
Sense: the proper name of the one true God.
צְבָא֔וֹת  of  hosts 
Parse: Noun, common plural
Root: צָבָא 
Sense: that which goes forth, army, war, warfare, host.
כִּרְת֣וּ  Cut  down 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperative, masculine plural
Root: כָּרַת  
Sense: to cut, cut off, cut down, cut off a body part, cut out, eliminate, kill, cut a covenant.
עֵצָ֔ה  trees 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: עֵצָה  
Sense: trees, wood.
וְשִׁפְכ֥וּ  and  build 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Imperative, masculine plural
Root: שֶׂפֶק 
Sense: to pour, pour out, spill.
עַל־  against 
Parse: Preposition
Root: עַל 
Sense: upon, on the ground of, according to, on account of, on behalf of, concerning, beside, in addition to, together with, beyond, above, over, by, on to, towards, to, against.
יְרוּשָׁלִַ֖ם  Jerusalem 
Parse: Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: יְרוּשָׁלַםִ  
Sense: the chief city of Palestine and capital of the united kingdom and the nation of Judah after the split.
סֹלְלָ֑ה  A  mound 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: סׄלְלָה  
Sense: mound.
הִ֚יא  that  [is] 
Parse: Pronoun, third person feminine singular
Root: הוּא 
Sense: he, she, it.
הָעִ֣יר  the  city 
Parse: Article, Noun, feminine singular
Root: עִיר 
Sense: excitement, anguish.
הָפְקַ֔ד  to  be  punished 
Parse: Verb, Hofal, Perfect, third person masculine singular
Root: פָּקַד 
Sense: to attend to, muster, number, reckon, visit, punish, appoint, look after, care for.
כֻּלָּ֖הּ  she  [is]  full 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, third person feminine singular
Root: כֹּל  
Sense: all, the whole.
עֹ֥שֶׁק  of  oppression 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: עֹשֶׁק  
Sense: oppression, extortion, injury.
בְּקִרְבָּֽהּ  in  her  midst 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, masculine singular construct, third person feminine singular
Root: קֶרֶב  
Sense: midst, among, inner part, middle.

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